Katrin Pors of Denmark’s Snowglobe and Jussi Rantamaki of Finland’s Aamu Film Company are among the 12 producers selected for Ace Leadership Special, the business workshop hosted by the Ace Producers network.
The 2024 edition will take place in Bergen in the Netherlands in June and Mallorca in Spain in September, with online elements over the summer.
Scroll down for the full Ace Leadership 2024 selection
Danish producer Pors produced Hlynur Palmason’s Cannes 2022 title Godland, which became Iceland’s entry for the best international feature award at the 2024 Oscars. Her other credits include Jonas Carpignano’s A Chiara, Dagur Kari...
The 2024 edition will take place in Bergen in the Netherlands in June and Mallorca in Spain in September, with online elements over the summer.
Scroll down for the full Ace Leadership 2024 selection
Danish producer Pors produced Hlynur Palmason’s Cannes 2022 title Godland, which became Iceland’s entry for the best international feature award at the 2024 Oscars. Her other credits include Jonas Carpignano’s A Chiara, Dagur Kari...
- 4/2/2024
- ScreenDaily
As part of its industry program running parallel to the Helsinki Film Festival — Love & Anarchy, which takes place Sept. 14 – 24, the Finnish Film Affair is presenting five local TV series currently in the works that will be pitched to potential co-producers, financiers, broadcasters, streaming platforms, sales agents and other international industry reps.
The five projects will be presented on Sept. 21 during a showcase day of Nordic films and series in development or production. This year marks the first time that TV shows will be pitched alongside feature film projects.
“Including series is something that both the local industry and our international guests have frequently requested from us, and something that we are now developing each year,” says Maria Pirkkalainen-Barber, head of Finnish Film Affair and Nordic Flair. “This year we were delighted to choose the five projects in collaboration with the export initiative Focus on Finland, and next year we are...
The five projects will be presented on Sept. 21 during a showcase day of Nordic films and series in development or production. This year marks the first time that TV shows will be pitched alongside feature film projects.
“Including series is something that both the local industry and our international guests have frequently requested from us, and something that we are now developing each year,” says Maria Pirkkalainen-Barber, head of Finnish Film Affair and Nordic Flair. “This year we were delighted to choose the five projects in collaboration with the export initiative Focus on Finland, and next year we are...
- 9/13/2023
- by Christopher Vourlias
- Variety Film + TV
Programme is for film directors making first move into scripted TV.
Projects by directors Juho Kuosmanen, César Díaz and Beatriz Seigner have won the inaugural prizes of Seriesmakers, a development programme for filmmakers making their TV series debut.
Led by Series Mania Forum and supported by European studio Beta Group, the first edition of Seriesmakers had 170 submissions, and saw 10 TV series projects participate in a programme for feature film directors who are moving into the world of series.
Finnish director Juho Kuosmanen and producer Jussi Rantamäki’s Yours, Margot won one of two €50,000 Beta development awards. The 8x45-minute series...
Projects by directors Juho Kuosmanen, César Díaz and Beatriz Seigner have won the inaugural prizes of Seriesmakers, a development programme for filmmakers making their TV series debut.
Led by Series Mania Forum and supported by European studio Beta Group, the first edition of Seriesmakers had 170 submissions, and saw 10 TV series projects participate in a programme for feature film directors who are moving into the world of series.
Finnish director Juho Kuosmanen and producer Jussi Rantamäki’s Yours, Margot won one of two €50,000 Beta development awards. The 8x45-minute series...
- 3/22/2023
- by Tim Dams
- ScreenDaily
Lille, France — “Yours, Margot,” from “Compartment No 6’s” Juho Kuosmanen, Guatemalan Cannes Camera d’Or winner César Díaz (“Our Mothers”) and Brazil’s Beatriz Seigner (“Los Silencios”) have won the three prizes on offer at the first edition of Seriesmakers.
A mentoring program for filmmakers making their TV creator debut, after an inaugural edition delivering one of the most talent-packed project lineups at any festival, film or TV, in 2023, Seriesmakers backers Beta Group and Series Mania opened on Wednesday a call for admissions for a second edition.
Though all three series range hugely in setting and creators, all three see their protagonists go back to a recent past to explore events that have impacted their family, their modern-day country (“The Invisible Ink”), or traumas in the present (“Amigas”).
Doing so they form part of one of the biggest trends in current issue-driven series, through the resort to an alternative, future...
A mentoring program for filmmakers making their TV creator debut, after an inaugural edition delivering one of the most talent-packed project lineups at any festival, film or TV, in 2023, Seriesmakers backers Beta Group and Series Mania opened on Wednesday a call for admissions for a second edition.
Though all three series range hugely in setting and creators, all three see their protagonists go back to a recent past to explore events that have impacted their family, their modern-day country (“The Invisible Ink”), or traumas in the present (“Amigas”).
Doing so they form part of one of the biggest trends in current issue-driven series, through the resort to an alternative, future...
- 3/22/2023
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
A project from Finland and a Belgium-Uruguay co-production have won the Seriesmaker initiative here at Series Mania.
The projects, Yours, Margot and The Invisible Ink, both bag €50,000 each after winning the Beta Development Awards.
They were announced minutes ago at Lille’s Series Mania Forum event, which is into its second day.
Yours, Margot is an eight-part drama from Finnish director Juho Kuosmanen and producer Jussi Rantamäki. The logline is: “After discovering her father’s letters to an unknown lover, Vilja unearths her family’s traumatic past in 1980s East Berlin.”
Kuosmanen’s 2021 road movie Compartment No 6 won the Grand Prix at the Cannes Film Festival official competition, and his biographical film The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Mäki won Prix Un Certain Regard at Cannes Film Festival.
The Invisible Ink comes from director César Díaz and producer Fernando Epstein, and also runs to eight parts. It...
The projects, Yours, Margot and The Invisible Ink, both bag €50,000 each after winning the Beta Development Awards.
They were announced minutes ago at Lille’s Series Mania Forum event, which is into its second day.
Yours, Margot is an eight-part drama from Finnish director Juho Kuosmanen and producer Jussi Rantamäki. The logline is: “After discovering her father’s letters to an unknown lover, Vilja unearths her family’s traumatic past in 1980s East Berlin.”
Kuosmanen’s 2021 road movie Compartment No 6 won the Grand Prix at the Cannes Film Festival official competition, and his biographical film The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Mäki won Prix Un Certain Regard at Cannes Film Festival.
The Invisible Ink comes from director César Díaz and producer Fernando Epstein, and also runs to eight parts. It...
- 3/22/2023
- by Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
Finnish director Juho Kuosmanen, behind “Compartment No. 6” and “The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Mäki”– both awarded in Cannes – will now turn his attention to new series “Yours, Margot.”
The upcoming series is one of the 10 projects chosen for Series Mania and Beta Group’s Seriesmakers.
Based on Meri Valkama’s novel, “Yours, Margot” will be produced, just like his previous films, by Helsinki-based Aamu Film Company, with “Compartment” scribes Andris Feldmanis and Livia Ulman also on board. This time Kuosmanen dissects the experiences of Vilja, who spent her childhood in East Berlin, following her foreign correspondent father. After his death, she finds old letters to “Erich,” all from mysterious “Margot.” Now, as an adult, she decides to return to Berlin and track her down.
“It’s a great story about a person who looks for the truth about her childhood years, but finds only different interpretations and contradictory memories.
The upcoming series is one of the 10 projects chosen for Series Mania and Beta Group’s Seriesmakers.
Based on Meri Valkama’s novel, “Yours, Margot” will be produced, just like his previous films, by Helsinki-based Aamu Film Company, with “Compartment” scribes Andris Feldmanis and Livia Ulman also on board. This time Kuosmanen dissects the experiences of Vilja, who spent her childhood in East Berlin, following her foreign correspondent father. After his death, she finds old letters to “Erich,” all from mysterious “Margot.” Now, as an adult, she decides to return to Berlin and track her down.
“It’s a great story about a person who looks for the truth about her childhood years, but finds only different interpretations and contradictory memories.
- 3/14/2023
- by Marta Balaga
- Variety Film + TV
As proven by a slew of new shows in development, series creators from Finland keep on experimenting.
“People are exploring some bold, risky topics. Ones that make you go: ‘Wow, they are really making a show about that?’,” says Laura Kuulasmaa, executive director from the producers’ association Apfi.
Aamu Film Company’s “Monster,” about a teenage Nicke, realizing he is in love with his girlfriend’s 11-year-old sister, is bound to ignite discussions.
“I wanted to do this show because I believe that raising awareness of minor-attracted persons can save children from abuse,” creator Eva-Maria Koskinen tells Variety.
“It’s not about blurring any borders: Sexual contact between an adult and a child is wrong and also criminal. But research shows that when a minor-attracted person can’t talk about their sexuality, the pressure builds up. Wouldn’t we want people like Nicke to seek help, if it keeps them from the wrong path?...
“People are exploring some bold, risky topics. Ones that make you go: ‘Wow, they are really making a show about that?’,” says Laura Kuulasmaa, executive director from the producers’ association Apfi.
Aamu Film Company’s “Monster,” about a teenage Nicke, realizing he is in love with his girlfriend’s 11-year-old sister, is bound to ignite discussions.
“I wanted to do this show because I believe that raising awareness of minor-attracted persons can save children from abuse,” creator Eva-Maria Koskinen tells Variety.
“It’s not about blurring any borders: Sexual contact between an adult and a child is wrong and also criminal. But research shows that when a minor-attracted person can’t talk about their sexuality, the pressure builds up. Wouldn’t we want people like Nicke to seek help, if it keeps them from the wrong path?...
- 3/13/2023
- by Marta Balaga
- Variety Film + TV
Finland’s Aamu Film Company will invest in Jenni Jauri’s new production company Silmu Films, Variety has found out exclusively.
Aamu, founded in 2001 and co-owned by Jussi Rantamäki and Emilia Haukka, has become a local arthouse powerhouse thanks to its festival-friendly slate, especially Juho Kuosmanen’s “The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Mäki” and Golden Globe-nominated “Compartment No. 6,” awarded the Grand Prix in Cannes.
“We had a good film with decent sales and we started to think about what we should do next,” Rantamäki said. “Aamu’s brand is simple and clear: we only work with a select few directors. We don’t want to change that; we don’t want to turn into a factory where you don’t know what is happening and with whom. So first we decided not to grow, and then realized we could invest in a new company instead.”
Apart from Kuosmanen,...
Aamu, founded in 2001 and co-owned by Jussi Rantamäki and Emilia Haukka, has become a local arthouse powerhouse thanks to its festival-friendly slate, especially Juho Kuosmanen’s “The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Mäki” and Golden Globe-nominated “Compartment No. 6,” awarded the Grand Prix in Cannes.
“We had a good film with decent sales and we started to think about what we should do next,” Rantamäki said. “Aamu’s brand is simple and clear: we only work with a select few directors. We don’t want to change that; we don’t want to turn into a factory where you don’t know what is happening and with whom. So first we decided not to grow, and then realized we could invest in a new company instead.”
Apart from Kuosmanen,...
- 2/23/2023
- by John Hopewell and Marta Balaga
- Variety Film + TV
“The Woodcutter Story,” a Finnish drama with a surreal touch, has been sold to Australia (Palace Films), Baltics (Estinfilm), Sweden (Njuta), Germany (Eksystent) and France (Urban), Paris-based Totem Films shared exclusively with Variety.
Directed by Mikko Myllylahti, it sees a good man who runs into bad luck: he loses his job and his wife leaves, but Pepe (Jarkko Lahti) is trying to keep his head high. Even when strange things start to happen in his sleepy village.
The film, which premiered in Cannes’ Critics Week, screens Wednesday at the Helsinki Film Festival – Love & Anarchy. It will have its North American premiere at Chicago Film Festival and its U.K. premiere at the London Film Festival.
“It’s a very strange film,” said Myllylahti back in May. Also opening up about a real-life encounter – and real-life woodcutter – that inspired him.
“There was something very Finnish about the way he was dealing with his ordeals: sometimes,...
Directed by Mikko Myllylahti, it sees a good man who runs into bad luck: he loses his job and his wife leaves, but Pepe (Jarkko Lahti) is trying to keep his head high. Even when strange things start to happen in his sleepy village.
The film, which premiered in Cannes’ Critics Week, screens Wednesday at the Helsinki Film Festival – Love & Anarchy. It will have its North American premiere at Chicago Film Festival and its U.K. premiere at the London Film Festival.
“It’s a very strange film,” said Myllylahti back in May. Also opening up about a real-life encounter – and real-life woodcutter – that inspired him.
“There was something very Finnish about the way he was dealing with his ordeals: sometimes,...
- 9/21/2022
- by Marta Balaga
- Variety Film + TV
Berlinale Talents Alumni Prepare to Shine in Cannes
It’s slowly edging towards summer here in Berlin and that means one thing: Cannes is close! And as the sun gets ever brighter, many of Berlinale’s former Talents are also preparing to dazzle on the Croisette!
Three alumni are starring in films in Competition; Sherwan Haji in Tarik Saleh’s Boy from Heaven, Sara Fazilat in Ali Abbasi’s Holy Spider, which was produced by Sol Bondy and Jacob Jarek, and finally Nadia Litz joins the glittering cast of David Cronenberg’s Crimes of the Future. Also in Competition is Lukas Dhont’s Close, co-written by Angelo Tijssens. Un Certain Regard provides a stage for more Talents to shine, with 17 alumni involved in 9 films, including Ariel Escalante’s Domingo y la niebla, to name one example. The film was edited by Lorenzo Mora Salazar, music composed by Alberto Torres, with Nicolás Wong Díaz acting as both producer & cinematographer. Abinash Bikram Shah’s Lori screens in the Short Films Competition, alongside two films with Zuolong Shan as executive producer, Bi Gan’s A Short Story and Story Chen’s The Water Murmurs.
Critic’s Week features 11 former Talents who have contributed their creativity to 8 films in the selection. The Woodcutter Story was in fact developed at our Script Station by writer and director Mikko Myllylahti, edited by Jussi Rautaniemi and produced by Jussi Rantamäki, the short Cuerdas was shot by Lara Vilanova and there will also be a special screeing of Goutte d’Or, produced by Jean-Christophe Reymond.
Excitingly, the Director’s Fortnight will show the debut feature films of three Talents alumni: Manuela Martelli’s 1976, edited by Camila Mercadal and produced by Dominga Sotomayor, Elena López Riera’s El agua and Pamfir by Dmytro Sukholytkyy-Sobchuk. Included in the selection is Un Varón by Fabian Hernández, which Louise Bellicaud produced.
To see the complete picture of all Berlinale Talents alumni at Cannes, including those selected for the Cinéfondation’s Atelier, Les cinémas du monde’s La Fabrique and the Acid programme, click here.
Reconnect in Cannes — Register now!
Building lasting relationships across all disciplines and editions is a crucial part of what we do. And since Cannes offers plenty of opportunities for long awaited informal encounters over a coffee or rosé, we’d love to build up the group again. If you are a Berlinale Talents alumni please register your attendance at the festival, market (or just on the beach) by clicking here. Who else is in Cannes? Find out here.
Dedicated to Discovery
The 17th edition of Talents Buenos Aires took place from April 19–23. Borrowing from Luis López Carrasco’s film of the same name, this year’s theme was ‘The Year of Discovery’. Drawing inspiration from the film’s exploration of Spain’s political and social crisis in the early 1990s, the programme’s aim was to promote critical and aesthetic thinking regarding recent world events and their influence on the film world. It was an engaging 5 days of events for the 55 Talents from all over South America, from workshops on non-traditional distribution with Maui Alena or on acting with Maria Laura Berch, to a dialogue on cinema as discovery with Darío Aguirre, and plenty of networking sessions. Welcome to the skilled film professionals who are now part of the Talents family, and congratulations to the team of Talents Buenos Aires on another great edition.
The preparations for Talents Guadalajara in June, Talents Durban in July and Talents Sarajevo in August are currently in full swing, and further out on the horizon, the 13th Talents Tokyo will be held from October 31 to November 5 within the Tokyo FILMeX Festival 2022.
Thanks for staying tuned and catching up!
The Berlinale Talents team
Upcoming Dates
May 6, 2022: Application deadline for Talents Guadalajara
May 31, 2022: Application deadline for Talents Sarajevo
May 31, 2022: Application deadline for Talents Tokyo
June 11–15, 2022: Talents Guadalajara takes place
Early July, 2022: Call for entries for Berlinale Talents 2023
July 22–26, 2022: Talents Durban Takes place
August 13–18, 2022: Talents Sarajevo takes place
October 31 — November 5, 2022: Talents Tokyo takes place
Photo credits:
1) Still from Close, co-written by Angelo Tijssens © Lukas Dhont / Diaphana Distribution
2) Talents Buenos Aires key visual 2022Berlinale Talents
Berlin International Film Festival
Potsdamer Platz 11, 10785 Berlin, Germany
Tel: +49 30 25920–515
www.berlinale-talents.de...
It’s slowly edging towards summer here in Berlin and that means one thing: Cannes is close! And as the sun gets ever brighter, many of Berlinale’s former Talents are also preparing to dazzle on the Croisette!
Three alumni are starring in films in Competition; Sherwan Haji in Tarik Saleh’s Boy from Heaven, Sara Fazilat in Ali Abbasi’s Holy Spider, which was produced by Sol Bondy and Jacob Jarek, and finally Nadia Litz joins the glittering cast of David Cronenberg’s Crimes of the Future. Also in Competition is Lukas Dhont’s Close, co-written by Angelo Tijssens. Un Certain Regard provides a stage for more Talents to shine, with 17 alumni involved in 9 films, including Ariel Escalante’s Domingo y la niebla, to name one example. The film was edited by Lorenzo Mora Salazar, music composed by Alberto Torres, with Nicolás Wong Díaz acting as both producer & cinematographer. Abinash Bikram Shah’s Lori screens in the Short Films Competition, alongside two films with Zuolong Shan as executive producer, Bi Gan’s A Short Story and Story Chen’s The Water Murmurs.
Critic’s Week features 11 former Talents who have contributed their creativity to 8 films in the selection. The Woodcutter Story was in fact developed at our Script Station by writer and director Mikko Myllylahti, edited by Jussi Rautaniemi and produced by Jussi Rantamäki, the short Cuerdas was shot by Lara Vilanova and there will also be a special screeing of Goutte d’Or, produced by Jean-Christophe Reymond.
Excitingly, the Director’s Fortnight will show the debut feature films of three Talents alumni: Manuela Martelli’s 1976, edited by Camila Mercadal and produced by Dominga Sotomayor, Elena López Riera’s El agua and Pamfir by Dmytro Sukholytkyy-Sobchuk. Included in the selection is Un Varón by Fabian Hernández, which Louise Bellicaud produced.
To see the complete picture of all Berlinale Talents alumni at Cannes, including those selected for the Cinéfondation’s Atelier, Les cinémas du monde’s La Fabrique and the Acid programme, click here.
Reconnect in Cannes — Register now!
Building lasting relationships across all disciplines and editions is a crucial part of what we do. And since Cannes offers plenty of opportunities for long awaited informal encounters over a coffee or rosé, we’d love to build up the group again. If you are a Berlinale Talents alumni please register your attendance at the festival, market (or just on the beach) by clicking here. Who else is in Cannes? Find out here.
Dedicated to Discovery
The 17th edition of Talents Buenos Aires took place from April 19–23. Borrowing from Luis López Carrasco’s film of the same name, this year’s theme was ‘The Year of Discovery’. Drawing inspiration from the film’s exploration of Spain’s political and social crisis in the early 1990s, the programme’s aim was to promote critical and aesthetic thinking regarding recent world events and their influence on the film world. It was an engaging 5 days of events for the 55 Talents from all over South America, from workshops on non-traditional distribution with Maui Alena or on acting with Maria Laura Berch, to a dialogue on cinema as discovery with Darío Aguirre, and plenty of networking sessions. Welcome to the skilled film professionals who are now part of the Talents family, and congratulations to the team of Talents Buenos Aires on another great edition.
The preparations for Talents Guadalajara in June, Talents Durban in July and Talents Sarajevo in August are currently in full swing, and further out on the horizon, the 13th Talents Tokyo will be held from October 31 to November 5 within the Tokyo FILMeX Festival 2022.
Thanks for staying tuned and catching up!
The Berlinale Talents team
Upcoming Dates
May 6, 2022: Application deadline for Talents Guadalajara
May 31, 2022: Application deadline for Talents Sarajevo
May 31, 2022: Application deadline for Talents Tokyo
June 11–15, 2022: Talents Guadalajara takes place
Early July, 2022: Call for entries for Berlinale Talents 2023
July 22–26, 2022: Talents Durban Takes place
August 13–18, 2022: Talents Sarajevo takes place
October 31 — November 5, 2022: Talents Tokyo takes place
Photo credits:
1) Still from Close, co-written by Angelo Tijssens © Lukas Dhont / Diaphana Distribution
2) Talents Buenos Aires key visual 2022Berlinale Talents
Berlin International Film Festival
Potsdamer Platz 11, 10785 Berlin, Germany
Tel: +49 30 25920–515
www.berlinale-talents.de...
- 5/10/2022
- by Sydney
- Sydney's Buzz
Cannes Critics’ Week film “The Woodcutter Story” has debuted its trailer. It’s the feature film directorial debut from Mikko Myllylahti, the writer of Cannes Un Certain Regard winner “The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Makki.” The film is being sold by French sales outfit Totem Films.
“The Woodcutter Story” centers on Pepe, a woodcutter in an idyllic small town in Finland. In the span of a couple of days, a series of tragic events gradually destroys his quiet and happy life – but Pepe seems to be fine with it all, as if he held a secret to existence that is hard to grasp.
Myllylahti was inspired to write the story following an encounter with a woodcutter who – despite having lost everything – “accepted his ordeals with a smile on his face.”
Myllylahti said: “The more I thought of him and his attitude towards life I started to realize a potential for a story,...
“The Woodcutter Story” centers on Pepe, a woodcutter in an idyllic small town in Finland. In the span of a couple of days, a series of tragic events gradually destroys his quiet and happy life – but Pepe seems to be fine with it all, as if he held a secret to existence that is hard to grasp.
Myllylahti was inspired to write the story following an encounter with a woodcutter who – despite having lost everything – “accepted his ordeals with a smile on his face.”
Myllylahti said: “The more I thought of him and his attitude towards life I started to realize a potential for a story,...
- 5/9/2022
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
Paris-based company had a high-profile 2021 with titles including ’Compartment No. 6’ and ‘My Sunny Maad’.
Paris-based Totem Films will launch a quartet of first features with 2022 festival hopes at the EFM next week (February 10-17), including directorial debuts by The Happiest Day In The Life Of Olli Mäki co-writer Mikko Myllylahti and Italian actress Jasmine Trinca.
The company’s 2021 slate enjoyed a buzzy festival run, led by Cannes Grand Prix winner Compartment No. 6 as well as Berlinale best documentary winner We, Berlin Competition title Ballad Of A White Cow and My SunnyMaad, which took the jury award at Annecy.
Finnish...
Paris-based Totem Films will launch a quartet of first features with 2022 festival hopes at the EFM next week (February 10-17), including directorial debuts by The Happiest Day In The Life Of Olli Mäki co-writer Mikko Myllylahti and Italian actress Jasmine Trinca.
The company’s 2021 slate enjoyed a buzzy festival run, led by Cannes Grand Prix winner Compartment No. 6 as well as Berlinale best documentary winner We, Berlin Competition title Ballad Of A White Cow and My SunnyMaad, which took the jury award at Annecy.
Finnish...
- 2/1/2022
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- ScreenDaily
GameStop: Rise of the Players, Adrien Brody passion project Clean, Cannes winner Compartment No. 9, Danish upscale restaurant drama A Taste of Hunger, Michel Franco’s Sundown and Woody Allen’s latest Rifkin’s Festival hit theatres crowded by Oscar contenders in a specialty market consumed by awards season (and as a major storm looks set to pummel the Northeast).
There’s more new content than the market has seen in many weeks, although these can be hard frames for indie distributors to find available screens. But it’s easier now than it will be after Feb. 8 and a crush of actual Oscar nominees, said one distribution executive. “We’re going in,...
There’s more new content than the market has seen in many weeks, although these can be hard frames for indie distributors to find available screens. But it’s easier now than it will be after Feb. 8 and a crush of actual Oscar nominees, said one distribution executive. “We’re going in,...
- 1/28/2022
- by Jill Goldsmith
- Deadline Film + TV
Fresh off Juho Kuosmanen’s win at Cannes – where his “Compartment No. 6” was awarded the Grand Prix in July, sharing the prize with Asghar Farhadi’s “A Hero” – Finland’s Aamu Film Company will focus its attention on Tia Kouvo’s “Family Time,” scheduled to shoot in February and March 2022.
Produced by Jussi Rantamäki and Emilia Haukka, the film, primarily set at Christmas, will show a family of eight struggling to communicate and echoing Tolstoy’s statement that while all happy families are alike, every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.
“I have been working with the same directors for years, saying no to many interesting projects. Then I saw Tia’s graduation short and realized we have to find room for one more,” says Rantamäki, also behind Kuosmanen’s Un Certain Regard winner “The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Mäki” and Hamy Ramezan’s Berlinale entry “Any Day Now.
Produced by Jussi Rantamäki and Emilia Haukka, the film, primarily set at Christmas, will show a family of eight struggling to communicate and echoing Tolstoy’s statement that while all happy families are alike, every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.
“I have been working with the same directors for years, saying no to many interesting projects. Then I saw Tia’s graduation short and realized we have to find room for one more,” says Rantamäki, also behind Kuosmanen’s Un Certain Regard winner “The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Mäki” and Hamy Ramezan’s Berlinale entry “Any Day Now.
- 9/15/2021
- by Marta Balaga
- Variety Film + TV
Juho Kuosmanen’s latest shared Cannes’ Grand Prix with Asghar Farhadi’s ‘A Hero’, and also scooped the Ecumenical Prize.
Paris-based Totem Films has unveiled a slew of sales on Finnish writer-director Juho Kuosmanen’s Compartment No.6 following its Grand Prix win at the Cannes Film Festival last weekend.
In Europe, it has sold to Austria (Polyfilm), Benelux (September Film Distribution), Denmark (Filmbazar), Greece (One From the Heart), Italy (Bim Distribuzione), Norway (Mer Film), Portugal (Legendmain Filmes), Spain (La Aventura), Sweden (Folkets Bio) and UK (Curzon).
Deals to the rest of the world so far comprise Australia/New Zealand (Sharmill Films...
Paris-based Totem Films has unveiled a slew of sales on Finnish writer-director Juho Kuosmanen’s Compartment No.6 following its Grand Prix win at the Cannes Film Festival last weekend.
In Europe, it has sold to Austria (Polyfilm), Benelux (September Film Distribution), Denmark (Filmbazar), Greece (One From the Heart), Italy (Bim Distribuzione), Norway (Mer Film), Portugal (Legendmain Filmes), Spain (La Aventura), Sweden (Folkets Bio) and UK (Curzon).
Deals to the rest of the world so far comprise Australia/New Zealand (Sharmill Films...
- 7/23/2021
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- ScreenDaily
Deal on Juho Kuosmanen’s Cannes competition entry also covers Latin America and Easter Europe.
Sony Pictures Classics (SPC) has acquired Finnish writer-director Juho Kuosmanen’s Cannes competition entry Compartment No.6 for North America, Latin America, Eastern Europe, Southeast Asia and the Middle East.
The deal was signed with Paris-based sales agent Totem Films, which is currently offering the film at Cannes after its competition screening last week. Kuosmanen won the Un Certain Regard prize at Cannes in 2016 for his debut feature The Happiest Day In The Life Of Olli Maki.
Inspired by Rosa Liksom’s novel of the same name,...
Sony Pictures Classics (SPC) has acquired Finnish writer-director Juho Kuosmanen’s Cannes competition entry Compartment No.6 for North America, Latin America, Eastern Europe, Southeast Asia and the Middle East.
The deal was signed with Paris-based sales agent Totem Films, which is currently offering the film at Cannes after its competition screening last week. Kuosmanen won the Un Certain Regard prize at Cannes in 2016 for his debut feature The Happiest Day In The Life Of Olli Maki.
Inspired by Rosa Liksom’s novel of the same name,...
- 7/16/2021
- by John Hazelton
- ScreenDaily
Sony Pictures Classics announced Thursday it has acquired rights for North America, Latin America, Eastern Europe, Southeast Asia and the Middle East for “Compartment No. 6,” the Finnish film that premiered in competition in Cannes.
Acquired from Totem Films, it’s the second feature directed by Juho Kuosmanen, and is based on the novel by Rosa Liksom. Seidi Haarla and Yuriy Borisov star in the story of a Finnish woman who escapes a love affair in Moscow and connects with a Russian miner she meets in a small train compartment on the way to the Arctic port of Murmansk. The unexpected encounter during the long trip leads the occupants of Compartment No. 6 to face major truths about human connection.
Kuosmanen’s feature debut, “The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Maki,” won the Un Certain Regard prize in 2016.
“’Compartment No.6′ is a treasure. One of the great train movies with humor and romance,...
Acquired from Totem Films, it’s the second feature directed by Juho Kuosmanen, and is based on the novel by Rosa Liksom. Seidi Haarla and Yuriy Borisov star in the story of a Finnish woman who escapes a love affair in Moscow and connects with a Russian miner she meets in a small train compartment on the way to the Arctic port of Murmansk. The unexpected encounter during the long trip leads the occupants of Compartment No. 6 to face major truths about human connection.
Kuosmanen’s feature debut, “The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Maki,” won the Un Certain Regard prize in 2016.
“’Compartment No.6′ is a treasure. One of the great train movies with humor and romance,...
- 7/15/2021
- by Pat Saperstein
- Variety Film + TV
Sony Pictures Classics said Thursday that it has acquired North America, Latin America, Eastern Europe, Southeast Asia and Middle East rights to Juho Kuosmanen’s Compartment No. 6, the Finnish film that just had its world premiere in Competition at the Cannes Film Festival. The deal was struck with Totem Films.
Kuosmanen’s second feature film (in Finnish the title is Hytti No. 6), inspired by the novel of the same name by Rosa Liksom, centers on a Finnish woman (Seidi Haarla) who escapes an enigmatic love affair in Moscow by boarding a train to the arctic port of Murmansk. Forced to share the long ride and a tiny sleeping car with a larger-than-life Russian miner (Yuriy Borisov), the unexpected encounter leads them to face major truths about human connection.
Andris Feldmanis, Livia Ulman and Kuosmanen penned the screenplay for the pic, which follows Kuosmanen’s debut The Happiest Day In The Life of Olli Maki,...
Kuosmanen’s second feature film (in Finnish the title is Hytti No. 6), inspired by the novel of the same name by Rosa Liksom, centers on a Finnish woman (Seidi Haarla) who escapes an enigmatic love affair in Moscow by boarding a train to the arctic port of Murmansk. Forced to share the long ride and a tiny sleeping car with a larger-than-life Russian miner (Yuriy Borisov), the unexpected encounter leads them to face major truths about human connection.
Andris Feldmanis, Livia Ulman and Kuosmanen penned the screenplay for the pic, which follows Kuosmanen’s debut The Happiest Day In The Life of Olli Maki,...
- 7/15/2021
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
Director Juho Kuosmanen won the Un Certain Regard prize in 2016.
Haut et Court has secured French rights to Finnish director Juho Kuosmanen’s Compartment No. 6, which has its world premiere in Competition at Cannes next month (July 6-17), from Paris-based sales agent Totem Films.
Screen can exclusively reveal a first trailer for the film.
Writer-director Kuosmanen won the Un Certain Regard prize at Cannes in 2016 for his debut feature The Happiest Day In The Life Of Olli Maki.
Compartment No. 6 is produced by Jussi Rantamäki for Finland’s Aamu Film Company, and tells the story of a Finnish woman who...
Haut et Court has secured French rights to Finnish director Juho Kuosmanen’s Compartment No. 6, which has its world premiere in Competition at Cannes next month (July 6-17), from Paris-based sales agent Totem Films.
Screen can exclusively reveal a first trailer for the film.
Writer-director Kuosmanen won the Un Certain Regard prize at Cannes in 2016 for his debut feature The Happiest Day In The Life Of Olli Maki.
Compartment No. 6 is produced by Jussi Rantamäki for Finland’s Aamu Film Company, and tells the story of a Finnish woman who...
- 6/17/2021
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Any Day Now is the debut feature of Finnish-Iranian director Hamy Ramezan and screened in Berlinale’s Generation Kplus.
New Europe Film Sales has added a trio of deals on Any Day Now, the debut feature of Finnish-Iranian director and screenwriter Hamy Ramezan.
The film has sold for France (Urban Distribution), Poland (New Horizons Association) and Taiwan (AVjet).
Any Day Now screened in Berlinale’s Generation Kplus and will soon travel to the competition selection in the Generator +13 section of Giffoni (July 21-31).
The story follows a 13-year-old Iranian boy in Finland as his family waits to hear news about their asylum application.
New Europe Film Sales has added a trio of deals on Any Day Now, the debut feature of Finnish-Iranian director and screenwriter Hamy Ramezan.
The film has sold for France (Urban Distribution), Poland (New Horizons Association) and Taiwan (AVjet).
Any Day Now screened in Berlinale’s Generation Kplus and will soon travel to the competition selection in the Generator +13 section of Giffoni (July 21-31).
The story follows a 13-year-old Iranian boy in Finland as his family waits to hear news about their asylum application.
- 5/17/2021
- by Wendy Mitchell
- ScreenDaily
The six-month programme kicks off with a workshop in May.
The TorinoFilmLab (Tfl) has unveiled the 10 projects at an advanced stage by first or second-time international directors selected for this year’s FeatureLab.
The prestigious six-month programme kicks off with a workshop in May – held online due to the pandemic - and will be followed by second one in September to be held physically in Austria, if possible. The Austrian Film Institute and the Comunidad de Madrid and Ayuntamiento de Madrid are partnering on this iteration of the Lab.
Scroll down for the list of projects
The FeatureLab is led...
The TorinoFilmLab (Tfl) has unveiled the 10 projects at an advanced stage by first or second-time international directors selected for this year’s FeatureLab.
The prestigious six-month programme kicks off with a workshop in May – held online due to the pandemic - and will be followed by second one in September to be held physically in Austria, if possible. The Austrian Film Institute and the Comunidad de Madrid and Ayuntamiento de Madrid are partnering on this iteration of the Lab.
Scroll down for the list of projects
The FeatureLab is led...
- 5/6/2021
- by Gabriele Niola
- ScreenDaily
New Europe Film Sales handles sales for Hamy Ramezan’s debut feature.
Screen can exclusively reveal the trailer for Hamy Ramezan’s debut feature Any Day Now, which is selected for Berlinale’s Generation Kplus.
New Europe Film Sales handles sales for the Finnish feature.
The story follows 13-year-old Ramin Mehdipour and his Iranian family, who are living in a refugee centre in Finland. Just as Ramin starts to enjoy the school holidays, the family receives the terrible news their asylum application has been denied. The Mehdipours file a final appeal, and they continue with their everyday lives.
The cast...
Screen can exclusively reveal the trailer for Hamy Ramezan’s debut feature Any Day Now, which is selected for Berlinale’s Generation Kplus.
New Europe Film Sales handles sales for the Finnish feature.
The story follows 13-year-old Ramin Mehdipour and his Iranian family, who are living in a refugee centre in Finland. Just as Ramin starts to enjoy the school holidays, the family receives the terrible news their asylum application has been denied. The Mehdipours file a final appeal, and they continue with their everyday lives.
The cast...
- 2/25/2021
- by Wendy Mitchell
- ScreenDaily
Projects include period drama ‘The Emigrants’ and ‘Margrete – Queen Of The North’, starring Trine Dyrholm.
Goteborg’s Nordic Film Market has revealed the 13 Nordic films that will be presented as works in progress at its online market.
They include two big-budget historical epics, Charlotte Sieling’s Margrete – Queen Of The North, starring Trine Dyrholm as a powerful ruler in the early 15th century; and Erik Poppe’s The Emigrants, about Swedes moving to America in the 19th century.
Scroll down for full list
Further features set to be previewed include Bille August’s drama The Pact, about Karen Blixen’s...
Goteborg’s Nordic Film Market has revealed the 13 Nordic films that will be presented as works in progress at its online market.
They include two big-budget historical epics, Charlotte Sieling’s Margrete – Queen Of The North, starring Trine Dyrholm as a powerful ruler in the early 15th century; and Erik Poppe’s The Emigrants, about Swedes moving to America in the 19th century.
Scroll down for full list
Further features set to be previewed include Bille August’s drama The Pact, about Karen Blixen’s...
- 1/19/2021
- by Wendy Mitchell
- ScreenDaily
The proejct won the Best Pitch Award at Tallinn Black Nights in 2018.
A year after winning the Screen International Best Pitch Award at the Baltic Event co-production market in Tallin, the Finnish filmmakers behind immigration drama The Oasis Of Now are now shooting the film in Finland.
Director Hamy Ramezan and his producers Emilia Hauka and Jussi Rantamäki of Helsinki-based Aamu Film Company shot the film on locations in Finland from mid-August until the end of September and it is now in post-production. They are aiming to submit the film to Cannes 2020.
Inspired by Ramezan’s own experiences as his...
A year after winning the Screen International Best Pitch Award at the Baltic Event co-production market in Tallin, the Finnish filmmakers behind immigration drama The Oasis Of Now are now shooting the film in Finland.
Director Hamy Ramezan and his producers Emilia Hauka and Jussi Rantamäki of Helsinki-based Aamu Film Company shot the film on locations in Finland from mid-August until the end of September and it is now in post-production. They are aiming to submit the film to Cannes 2020.
Inspired by Ramezan’s own experiences as his...
- 11/28/2019
- by 158¦Martin Blaney¦40¦
- ScreenDaily
Hamy Ramezan’s immigration drama in post-production
A year after winning the Screen International Best Pitch Award at the Baltic Event co-production market in Tallin, the filmmakers behind immigration drama The Oasis Of Now are getting the feature ready for release.
Director Hamy Ramezan and his producers Emilia Hauka and Jussi Rantamäki of Helsinki-based Aamu Film Company shot the film at locations in Finland from mid-August until the end of September and it is now in post-production.
Inspired by Ramezan’s own experiences as his family fled from persecution in Iran before arriving in Finland in 1990, it centres on the...
A year after winning the Screen International Best Pitch Award at the Baltic Event co-production market in Tallin, the filmmakers behind immigration drama The Oasis Of Now are getting the feature ready for release.
Director Hamy Ramezan and his producers Emilia Hauka and Jussi Rantamäki of Helsinki-based Aamu Film Company shot the film at locations in Finland from mid-August until the end of September and it is now in post-production.
Inspired by Ramezan’s own experiences as his family fled from persecution in Iran before arriving in Finland in 1990, it centres on the...
- 11/28/2019
- by 158¦Martin Blaney¦40¦
- ScreenDaily
Maria Pirkkalainen now heads the Helsinki event, which attracted 400 industry attendees.
The Finnish Film Affair wraps today with its best project award going to Oasis Of Now, the debut feature of Finnish-Iranian director and screenwriter Hamy Ramezan. The story follows a family seeking asylum in Finland, and Shahab Hosseini will lead the cast.
Jussi Rantamäki and Emilia Haukka of Aamu Film Company will produce; the company’s credits include Cannes award-winner The Happiest Day In The Life Of Olli Maki. The best project prize comes with a cash award of €3000 ($3320) to support the film’s international marketing.
“The film has...
The Finnish Film Affair wraps today with its best project award going to Oasis Of Now, the debut feature of Finnish-Iranian director and screenwriter Hamy Ramezan. The story follows a family seeking asylum in Finland, and Shahab Hosseini will lead the cast.
Jussi Rantamäki and Emilia Haukka of Aamu Film Company will produce; the company’s credits include Cannes award-winner The Happiest Day In The Life Of Olli Maki. The best project prize comes with a cash award of €3000 ($3320) to support the film’s international marketing.
“The film has...
- 9/19/2019
- by Wendy Mitchell
- ScreenDaily
German producer Jamila Wenske has left One Two Films to head Achtung Panda!, a Berlin-based film production company.
Wenske succeeds former managing director Helge Albers, who left Achtung Panda! to become the new CEO of regional funder Filmförderung Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein.
Wenske partnered with Sol Bondy and Christoph Lange to launch One Two Films in 2010. The Berlin company has co-produced domestic and international productions, including Jennifer Fox’s “The Tale,” Isabel Coixet’s “The Bookshop” and Vadim Perelman’s “Persian Lessons.”
Variety selected Wenske and Bondy for its 10 Producers to Watch list last year.
Producer Melanie Blocksdorf, who previously worked at Berlin-based Propellerfilm, is joining Wenske at Achtung Panda!
Established as a joint venture in 2015 between Danny Krausz’s Vienna-based Dor Film and Oliver Damian’s 27 Films in Berlin, Achtung Panda! had largely focused on documentaries under Albers’ management. But Wenske and Blocksdorf, along with project manager Carli Hameder, intend to...
Wenske succeeds former managing director Helge Albers, who left Achtung Panda! to become the new CEO of regional funder Filmförderung Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein.
Wenske partnered with Sol Bondy and Christoph Lange to launch One Two Films in 2010. The Berlin company has co-produced domestic and international productions, including Jennifer Fox’s “The Tale,” Isabel Coixet’s “The Bookshop” and Vadim Perelman’s “Persian Lessons.”
Variety selected Wenske and Bondy for its 10 Producers to Watch list last year.
Producer Melanie Blocksdorf, who previously worked at Berlin-based Propellerfilm, is joining Wenske at Achtung Panda!
Established as a joint venture in 2015 between Danny Krausz’s Vienna-based Dor Film and Oliver Damian’s 27 Films in Berlin, Achtung Panda! had largely focused on documentaries under Albers’ management. But Wenske and Blocksdorf, along with project manager Carli Hameder, intend to...
- 8/22/2019
- by Ed Meza
- Variety Film + TV
Trans-Siberian Railway-set tale is Kuosmanen’s follow-up to The Happiest Day In The Life Of Olli Mäki.
New Paris-based sales company Totem Films is kicking off its slate with the acquisition of the international rights to Finnish director Juho Kuosmanen’s upcoming Trans-Siberian Railway-set drama Compartment No 6.
It is Kuosmanen’s second feature following The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Mäki which won the main prize in Un Certain Regard at Cannes in 2016.
Totem Films was launched last October by leading sales agents Agathe Valentin and Bérénice Vincent and cinema finance expert Laure Parleani.
Set against the backdrop of 1980s Soviet Union,...
New Paris-based sales company Totem Films is kicking off its slate with the acquisition of the international rights to Finnish director Juho Kuosmanen’s upcoming Trans-Siberian Railway-set drama Compartment No 6.
It is Kuosmanen’s second feature following The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Mäki which won the main prize in Un Certain Regard at Cannes in 2016.
Totem Films was launched last October by leading sales agents Agathe Valentin and Bérénice Vincent and cinema finance expert Laure Parleani.
Set against the backdrop of 1980s Soviet Union,...
- 3/5/2019
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- ScreenDaily
Jamila Wenske and Sol Bondy’s Berlin-based One Two Films, co-producer of this year’s Efm buzz title “Persian Lessons,” has scored another early winner with comedy-drama “Franky Five Star.”
The project, from writer-director Birgit Möller, won the Junior Entertainment Talent Slate (Jets) pitching competition at the Berlin Film Festival on Tuesday, securing it industry support from a broad range of international participants.
“Franky Five Star” stars Jella Haase, who shot to fame in the “Fack ju Göhte” franchise, as a young woman dealing with her often meddling multiple personalities as she navigates a blossoming romance.
The Jets initiative, organized by William Peschek’s German-u.K. group Wep Films, unites up-and-coming filmmakers and their feature film projects with producers, sales agents, financing companies and distributors from Germany, Canada, Ireland, Britain, Finland, Norway and the U.S.
This year the 13-member Jets jury, which included Sophie Green of Bankside Films; Antonio Exacoustos of Arri Media Intl.
The project, from writer-director Birgit Möller, won the Junior Entertainment Talent Slate (Jets) pitching competition at the Berlin Film Festival on Tuesday, securing it industry support from a broad range of international participants.
“Franky Five Star” stars Jella Haase, who shot to fame in the “Fack ju Göhte” franchise, as a young woman dealing with her often meddling multiple personalities as she navigates a blossoming romance.
The Jets initiative, organized by William Peschek’s German-u.K. group Wep Films, unites up-and-coming filmmakers and their feature film projects with producers, sales agents, financing companies and distributors from Germany, Canada, Ireland, Britain, Finland, Norway and the U.S.
This year the 13-member Jets jury, which included Sophie Green of Bankside Films; Antonio Exacoustos of Arri Media Intl.
- 2/14/2019
- by Ed Meza
- Variety Film + TV
France-Finland co-production A Girl’s Room takes €20,000 Eurimages Co-Production Development Award.
The 2018 Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival has named the winners of its Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event awards after a week of presentations and meetings.
More than 400 delegates attended this year’s event.
In the festival’s Baltic Event Co-Production Market, which featured 16 projects, France-Finland feature A Girl’s Room, from director Aino Suni and producers Sébastien Aubert and Ulla Simonen, won the €20,000 Eurimages Co-Production Development Award.
The Cannes Marché du Film Producers’ Network Award, which comes with free accreditations to next year’s edition of Cannes, went to...
The 2018 Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival has named the winners of its Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event awards after a week of presentations and meetings.
More than 400 delegates attended this year’s event.
In the festival’s Baltic Event Co-Production Market, which featured 16 projects, France-Finland feature A Girl’s Room, from director Aino Suni and producers Sébastien Aubert and Ulla Simonen, won the €20,000 Eurimages Co-Production Development Award.
The Cannes Marché du Film Producers’ Network Award, which comes with free accreditations to next year’s edition of Cannes, went to...
- 11/30/2018
- by Tom Grater
- ScreenDaily
Cristian Mungiu has already been announced as one of this year’s guest directors.
The TorinoFilmLab (Tfl) has announced the ten new projects selected for the 2018 FeatureLab.
Coming from Europe, Latin America and Asia these projects will be developed for six months at a workshop held in Sardinia with the help of the already announced tutors, headed by Romanian director Cristian Mungiu.
Six of the ten films have female directors.
Focusing on first and second feature films, the Tfl FeatureLab selects projects at an advanced stage of production and helps a team of directors, scriptwriters and producers get their ideas on screen.
The TorinoFilmLab (Tfl) has announced the ten new projects selected for the 2018 FeatureLab.
Coming from Europe, Latin America and Asia these projects will be developed for six months at a workshop held in Sardinia with the help of the already announced tutors, headed by Romanian director Cristian Mungiu.
Six of the ten films have female directors.
Focusing on first and second feature films, the Tfl FeatureLab selects projects at an advanced stage of production and helps a team of directors, scriptwriters and producers get their ideas on screen.
- 5/3/2018
- by Gabriele Niola
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Quirky road trip comedy follows journey from Italy to small village in Carpathian Mountains in Ukraine.
Paris-based sales company Premium Films has announced first deals on Italian director Andrea Magnani’s road trip comedy Easy (pictured) ahead of its premiere in the Filmmakers of the Present competition at Locarno.
The debut feature has sold to China (Lemon Tree), Turkey (Fabula) and Ukraine (Multi Media Distribution) ahead of the screening. Tucker Film will release the picture in Italy on August 31.
Rising Italian comedy actor Nicola Nocella stars as a Isidoro, a former teenage go-cart champion going by the nickname of Easy, who has fallen prey to depression and obesity in adulthood.
His dynamic, ultra-successful brother Filo gives Easy a challenge that will get him behind the wheel again: to drive a coffin from Italy to a small village in the Carpathian Mountains in Ukraine.
It is an Italian-Ukrainian co-production involving Kiev-based Fresh Production Group alongside Italy’s Pilgrim...
Paris-based sales company Premium Films has announced first deals on Italian director Andrea Magnani’s road trip comedy Easy (pictured) ahead of its premiere in the Filmmakers of the Present competition at Locarno.
The debut feature has sold to China (Lemon Tree), Turkey (Fabula) and Ukraine (Multi Media Distribution) ahead of the screening. Tucker Film will release the picture in Italy on August 31.
Rising Italian comedy actor Nicola Nocella stars as a Isidoro, a former teenage go-cart champion going by the nickname of Easy, who has fallen prey to depression and obesity in adulthood.
His dynamic, ultra-successful brother Filo gives Easy a challenge that will get him behind the wheel again: to drive a coffin from Italy to a small village in the Carpathian Mountains in Ukraine.
It is an Italian-Ukrainian co-production involving Kiev-based Fresh Production Group alongside Italy’s Pilgrim...
- 8/4/2017
- ScreenDaily
The European Film Academy — more than 3,000 filmmakers across Europe – voted for this year’s European Film Awards. At the 29th EFAs ceremony on Saturday in Wroclaw, Poland, in a major rebuke to the Cannes competition jury that snubbed German director Maren Ade’s three-hour father-daughter comedy “Toni Erdmann,” her country’s foreign Oscar selection took home five top awards: Best European Film, Director, Screenplay, Actor, and Actress. The awards ceremony is hosted by different countries each year.
Three Scandinavian Oscar entries: “A Man Called Ove” (Sweden), “The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Maki” (Finland), and “Land of Mine” (Denmark) won awards, along with Oscar submissions from Italy (documentary “Fire at Sea”) and Switzerland (animated film “My Life as a Zucchini”). Andrzej Wajda, whose film “Afterimage” is Poland’s official Oscar entry, won an honorary award.
The U.S. Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences members participating in the...
Three Scandinavian Oscar entries: “A Man Called Ove” (Sweden), “The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Maki” (Finland), and “Land of Mine” (Denmark) won awards, along with Oscar submissions from Italy (documentary “Fire at Sea”) and Switzerland (animated film “My Life as a Zucchini”). Andrzej Wajda, whose film “Afterimage” is Poland’s official Oscar entry, won an honorary award.
The U.S. Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences members participating in the...
- 12/11/2016
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
The European Film Academy — more than 3,000 filmmakers across Europe – voted for this year’s European Film Awards. At the 29th EFAs ceremony on Saturday in Wroclaw, Poland, in a major rebuke to the Cannes competition jury that snubbed German director Maren Ade’s three-hour father-daughter comedy “Toni Erdmann,” her country’s foreign Oscar selection took home five top awards: Best European Film, Director, Screenplay, Actor, and Actress. The awards ceremony is hosted by different countries each year.
Three Scandinavian Oscar entries: “A Man Called Ove” (Sweden), “The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Maki” (Finland), and “Land of Mine” (Denmark) won awards, along with Oscar submissions from Italy (documentary “Fire at Sea”) and Switzerland (animated film “My Life as a Zucchini”). Andrzej Wajda, whose film “Afterimage” is Poland’s official Oscar entry, won an honorary award.
The U.S. Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences members participating in the...
Three Scandinavian Oscar entries: “A Man Called Ove” (Sweden), “The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Maki” (Finland), and “Land of Mine” (Denmark) won awards, along with Oscar submissions from Italy (documentary “Fire at Sea”) and Switzerland (animated film “My Life as a Zucchini”). Andrzej Wajda, whose film “Afterimage” is Poland’s official Oscar entry, won an honorary award.
The U.S. Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences members participating in the...
- 12/11/2016
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
Germany’s Oscar hopeful wins five major awards in Wroclaw at politically charged ceremony.
Toni Erdmann has been voted the best European film of 2016 at the European Film Awards in Wroclaw.
More than 3,000 members of the European Film Academy - filmmakers from across Europe - voted at this year’s awards ceremony.
Scroll down for full list of winners
The comedy also picked up awards for best European Director (Maren Ade), European Actress (Sandra Hüller), European Actor (Peter Simonischek) and European Screenwriter (Maren Ade).
The top prize for Toni Erdmann marked the first time in the EFAs’ 29-year history that the Best European Film award went to a female director as Maren Ade pointed out on accaccepting the evening’s final statuette with her partners Jonas Dornbach and Janine Jackowski of their production company Komplizen Film.
Swedish comedy drama A Man Called Ove was voted best European comedy, while there were also wins for Fire At Sea...
Toni Erdmann has been voted the best European film of 2016 at the European Film Awards in Wroclaw.
More than 3,000 members of the European Film Academy - filmmakers from across Europe - voted at this year’s awards ceremony.
Scroll down for full list of winners
The comedy also picked up awards for best European Director (Maren Ade), European Actress (Sandra Hüller), European Actor (Peter Simonischek) and European Screenwriter (Maren Ade).
The top prize for Toni Erdmann marked the first time in the EFAs’ 29-year history that the Best European Film award went to a female director as Maren Ade pointed out on accaccepting the evening’s final statuette with her partners Jonas Dornbach and Janine Jackowski of their production company Komplizen Film.
Swedish comedy drama A Man Called Ove was voted best European comedy, while there were also wins for Fire At Sea...
- 12/10/2016
- ScreenDaily
Germany’s Oscar contender wins five major awards in Wroclaw
Toni Erdmann has been voted the best European film of 2016 at the European Film Awards in Wroclaw. More than 3,000 members of the European Film Academy - filmmakers from across Europe - voted at this year’s awards ceremony.
The comedy also picked up awards for best European Director (Maren Ade), European Actress (Sandra Hüller), European Actor (Peter Simonischek) and European Screenwriter (Maren Ade).
Swedish comedy drama, A Man Called Ove, was voted best European comedy.
Scroll down for full list of winners
Meanwhile, Ken Loach’s I, Daniel Blake won the first European University Film Award (Eufa), a collaboration between the Efa and Filmfest Hamburg. Students from 13 European countries came together in Hamburg this week and selected Loach’s film from five nominated titles.
On announcing the winner in Wroclaw, Filmfest director Albert Wiederspiel revealed that the initiative had been so popular that it was likely that universities...
Toni Erdmann has been voted the best European film of 2016 at the European Film Awards in Wroclaw. More than 3,000 members of the European Film Academy - filmmakers from across Europe - voted at this year’s awards ceremony.
The comedy also picked up awards for best European Director (Maren Ade), European Actress (Sandra Hüller), European Actor (Peter Simonischek) and European Screenwriter (Maren Ade).
Swedish comedy drama, A Man Called Ove, was voted best European comedy.
Scroll down for full list of winners
Meanwhile, Ken Loach’s I, Daniel Blake won the first European University Film Award (Eufa), a collaboration between the Efa and Filmfest Hamburg. Students from 13 European countries came together in Hamburg this week and selected Loach’s film from five nominated titles.
On announcing the winner in Wroclaw, Filmfest director Albert Wiederspiel revealed that the initiative had been so popular that it was likely that universities...
- 12/10/2016
- ScreenDaily
Germany’s Oscar contender wins five major awards in Wroclaw
Toni Erdmann has been voted the best European film of 2016 at the European Film Awards in Wroclaw. More than 3,000 members of the European Film Academy - filmmakers from across Europe - voted at this year’s awards ceremony.
The comedy also picked up awards for best European Director (Maren Ade), European Actress (Sandra Hüller), European Actor (Peter Simonischek) and European Screenwriter (Maren Ade).
Swedish comedy drama, A Man Called Ove, was voted best European comedy.
Scroll down for full list of winners
Meanwhile, Ken Loach’s I, Daniel Blake won the first European University Film Award (Eufa), a collaboration between the Efa and Filmfest Hamburg. Students from 13 European countries came together in Hamburg this week and selected Loach’s film from five nominated titles.
On announcing the winner in Wroclaw, Filmfest director Albert Wiederspiel revealed that the initiative had been so popular that it was likely that universities...
Toni Erdmann has been voted the best European film of 2016 at the European Film Awards in Wroclaw. More than 3,000 members of the European Film Academy - filmmakers from across Europe - voted at this year’s awards ceremony.
The comedy also picked up awards for best European Director (Maren Ade), European Actress (Sandra Hüller), European Actor (Peter Simonischek) and European Screenwriter (Maren Ade).
Swedish comedy drama, A Man Called Ove, was voted best European comedy.
Scroll down for full list of winners
Meanwhile, Ken Loach’s I, Daniel Blake won the first European University Film Award (Eufa), a collaboration between the Efa and Filmfest Hamburg. Students from 13 European countries came together in Hamburg this week and selected Loach’s film from five nominated titles.
On announcing the winner in Wroclaw, Filmfest director Albert Wiederspiel revealed that the initiative had been so popular that it was likely that universities...
- 12/10/2016
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Finnish debut feature that won Cannes Un Certain Regard adds deals in Europe, Canada and China.
Les Films Du Losange has sold out across Europe on festival hit and Oscar hopeful The Happiest Day In The Life of Olli Maki, the debut feature by Juho Kuosmanen.
The French outfit has closed deals for Spain (Surtsey Films), Benelux (September), Austria (Polyfilm), Italy (Movies Inspired), Portugal (Legendmain), Greece (Videorama), Turkey (Filmarti), Denmark (41 Shadows), Iceland (Bio Paradis), Norway (Storytelling Media), Sweden (Folkets Bio), Bulgaria (Art Fest), Former Yugoslavia (Zagreb Fest), Hungary (Mozinet), Czech/Slovak Republic (Aerofilms), Romania (Voodoo Films), Baltic States (Must Kasi) and Poland (Gutek).
Deals have also been closed with Raven Banner in Canada and DDDream in China.
As previously reported, Mubi will release teh film theatrically in the Us and UK. B-Plan released the film in its native Finland and Les Films Du Losange also released in France. Camino will release in Germany.
The black-and-white...
Les Films Du Losange has sold out across Europe on festival hit and Oscar hopeful The Happiest Day In The Life of Olli Maki, the debut feature by Juho Kuosmanen.
The French outfit has closed deals for Spain (Surtsey Films), Benelux (September), Austria (Polyfilm), Italy (Movies Inspired), Portugal (Legendmain), Greece (Videorama), Turkey (Filmarti), Denmark (41 Shadows), Iceland (Bio Paradis), Norway (Storytelling Media), Sweden (Folkets Bio), Bulgaria (Art Fest), Former Yugoslavia (Zagreb Fest), Hungary (Mozinet), Czech/Slovak Republic (Aerofilms), Romania (Voodoo Films), Baltic States (Must Kasi) and Poland (Gutek).
Deals have also been closed with Raven Banner in Canada and DDDream in China.
As previously reported, Mubi will release teh film theatrically in the Us and UK. B-Plan released the film in its native Finland and Les Films Du Losange also released in France. Camino will release in Germany.
The black-and-white...
- 12/1/2016
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
The boxing drama won the Un Certain Regard award at Cannes this year.
Juho Kuosmanen’s Cannes Un Certain Regard winner The Happiest Day In The Life Of Olli Maki is the Finnish submission for the foreign-language Oscar race.
Kuosmanen, who made his feature directorial debut on the boxing drama, also wrote the original screenplay with Mikko Myllylahti. Jussi Rantamäki produced for Helsinki’s Aamu Film Company.
The film will also screen in Toronto International Film Festival’s Discovery section before playing at the BFI London Film Festival.
B-Plan Distribution released in Finland on Sept 2. Les Films du Losange handles international sales; Mubi acquired Us and UK theatrical and digital rights.
The film, inspired by real events, is about featherweight boxer Olli Mäki, who is distracted on the day of his world championship bout because he’s fallen in love. The cast features Jarkko Lahti, Oona Airola and Eero Milonoff.
The film shot...
Juho Kuosmanen’s Cannes Un Certain Regard winner The Happiest Day In The Life Of Olli Maki is the Finnish submission for the foreign-language Oscar race.
Kuosmanen, who made his feature directorial debut on the boxing drama, also wrote the original screenplay with Mikko Myllylahti. Jussi Rantamäki produced for Helsinki’s Aamu Film Company.
The film will also screen in Toronto International Film Festival’s Discovery section before playing at the BFI London Film Festival.
B-Plan Distribution released in Finland on Sept 2. Les Films du Losange handles international sales; Mubi acquired Us and UK theatrical and digital rights.
The film, inspired by real events, is about featherweight boxer Olli Mäki, who is distracted on the day of his world championship bout because he’s fallen in love. The cast features Jarkko Lahti, Oona Airola and Eero Milonoff.
The film shot...
- 9/5/2016
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
Nordic Film Market includes debut films by Force Majeure actress, the screenwriter of A Royal Affair and director of viral hit Las Palmas; CAA, UTA and ICM agents among attending industry.Scroll down for full list
More than 40 Nordic films and works in progress will be presented at the fruitful Nordic Film Market in Goteborg, which runs Feb 4-7 during to the Goteborg Film Festival (Jan 29 - Feb 8).
Often a productive staging post for impressive upcoming regional features and emerging talent, the 2016 lineup includes 17 finished features and 20 works in progress, plus eight titles presented as part of the Nordic Film Lab Discovery programme.
The works-in-progress presentations (see full list below) include ten debut films from the likes of A Royal Affair screenwriter Rasmus Heisterberg, viral hit Las Palmas director Johannes Nyholm, Force Majeure actress Fanni Metelius and Cannes Cinefondation alumni Juho Kuosmanen and Shahrbanoo Sadat.
Other works in progress will be presented from directors Mads Brugger ([link...
More than 40 Nordic films and works in progress will be presented at the fruitful Nordic Film Market in Goteborg, which runs Feb 4-7 during to the Goteborg Film Festival (Jan 29 - Feb 8).
Often a productive staging post for impressive upcoming regional features and emerging talent, the 2016 lineup includes 17 finished features and 20 works in progress, plus eight titles presented as part of the Nordic Film Lab Discovery programme.
The works-in-progress presentations (see full list below) include ten debut films from the likes of A Royal Affair screenwriter Rasmus Heisterberg, viral hit Las Palmas director Johannes Nyholm, Force Majeure actress Fanni Metelius and Cannes Cinefondation alumni Juho Kuosmanen and Shahrbanoo Sadat.
Other works in progress will be presented from directors Mads Brugger ([link...
- 1/27/2016
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
Berlin-based One Two Films is making its first foray into Stateside production as the co-producer on Jennifer Fox’s fiction feature debut The Tale, which begins shooting at locations in Louisiana today (Oct 20).
The $3.5m investigative thriller is being produced by Blackbird Films and A Luminous Mind Productions, with Lawrence Inglee and Laura Rister as producers and Oren Moverman serving as executive producer.
The autobiographical story has a cast headed up by Laura Dern, with Ellen Burstyn, Isabelle Nélisse, Elizabeth Debicki and Jason Ritter.
One Two Films’ Sol Bondy - who was a Screen Future Leader at Cannes 2013 - told ScreenDaily he had been introduced to The Tale as a project when he and Fox took part in the 2013/14 edition of the Transatlantic Film Partners programme.
He subsequently brought public broadcaster Zdf and Arte to the project which is being handled internationally by Mongrel International and is set to wrap principal photography in December.
From Helsinki...
The $3.5m investigative thriller is being produced by Blackbird Films and A Luminous Mind Productions, with Lawrence Inglee and Laura Rister as producers and Oren Moverman serving as executive producer.
The autobiographical story has a cast headed up by Laura Dern, with Ellen Burstyn, Isabelle Nélisse, Elizabeth Debicki and Jason Ritter.
One Two Films’ Sol Bondy - who was a Screen Future Leader at Cannes 2013 - told ScreenDaily he had been introduced to The Tale as a project when he and Fox took part in the 2013/14 edition of the Transatlantic Film Partners programme.
He subsequently brought public broadcaster Zdf and Arte to the project which is being handled internationally by Mongrel International and is set to wrap principal photography in December.
From Helsinki...
- 10/20/2015
- by screen.berlin@googlemail.com (Martin Blaney)
- ScreenDaily
The Danish comedy The Reunion (Klassefesten) from 2011 is being given an Estonian remake by 1944’s producer Kristian Taska of Taska Film.
Principal photography has begun in the Estonian capital of Tallinn on Klassikokkutulek under the direction of René Vilbre (I Was Here) with a cast including Mait Malmsten, Henry Korvits and Aso Andreson.
The Estonian remake comes in the wake of the successful theatrical release of the Finnish version by Teneli Mustonen for Solar Films earlier this year.
Mustonen’s film - known as Luokkakokous - broke local box-office records when it opened in March, selling more than 150,000 tikets in the first seven days.
Jaana Puskala, Head of Feature Film Promotion at the Finnish Film Foundation, told Screen that the comedy has since been seen by more than half a million, quite a remarkable achievement considering that Finland’s total population is only 5.5m.
Debut for Cinéfondation winner
Meanwhile, on the other side of the Gulf of...
Principal photography has begun in the Estonian capital of Tallinn on Klassikokkutulek under the direction of René Vilbre (I Was Here) with a cast including Mait Malmsten, Henry Korvits and Aso Andreson.
The Estonian remake comes in the wake of the successful theatrical release of the Finnish version by Teneli Mustonen for Solar Films earlier this year.
Mustonen’s film - known as Luokkakokous - broke local box-office records when it opened in March, selling more than 150,000 tikets in the first seven days.
Jaana Puskala, Head of Feature Film Promotion at the Finnish Film Foundation, told Screen that the comedy has since been seen by more than half a million, quite a remarkable achievement considering that Finland’s total population is only 5.5m.
Debut for Cinéfondation winner
Meanwhile, on the other side of the Gulf of...
- 9/25/2015
- by screen.berlin@googlemail.com (Martin Blaney)
- ScreenDaily
European Film Promotion has special programs highlighting talent in Berlin (Shooting Stars), a Producer Lab in Toronto, 10 Directors to Watch at Karlovy Vary, European Directors at Busan and a great networking party at Afm. For 14 years Efp has hosted Producers on the Move in Cannes. This year 29 producers from 29 different European countries will take part in the event from 18 to 21 May, 2013. The Republic of Kosovo* and Montenegro will both be represented for the first time this year with a producer. These are the producers who set the ball rolling on projects, forge coalitions and conjure up a film out of an idea. Film producers are increasingly looking past their national borders. In order to facilitate an exchange with similarly ambitious colleagues from other European countries and showcase their range of achievements, European Film Promotion (Efp) offers a platform for networking to carefully selected producers. 12 of the 29 producers are women ♀.
Looking back at the 2012 edition of Producers on the Move, almost all of the producers are still in contact with one another to follow up on ideas. 17 from last year's 25 participants (68%) are already working on 15 co-productions.
The group of former participants includes such internationally known and award-winning producers as Ada Solomon from Romania (Child's Pose), Bettina Brokemper from Germany (Bal), Louise Vesth from Denmark (Melancholia) and Siniša Juričić from Croatia (Sofia’s Last Ambulance).
Scheduled during the Cannes International Film Festival, the program provides its participants with an additional visibility they get at this melting pot for filmmakers, sales agents, financiers and the international media. Producers On The Move's schedule with pitching sessions, one-on-one speed-dating meetings and various opportunities to build up business relationships and to exchange knowledge enables the selected filmmakers to return home with advanced film projects and, sometimes, with a co-production deal. At the Producers' Lunch, they can, moreover, get in contact with participants from previous years.
The participants have already realized joint European film projects which were noticed on the international radar, but they still are on their way to becoming international players. Many of them produced feature films as well as documentaries, and some are additionally active in the field of animation films.
For the fourth time, Efp will be cooperating for Producers On The Move with the pan-European co-production fund Eurimages.
The following producers were selected by Efp member organizations from their respective countries:
Belgium
Anton Iffland Stettner, Need Productions
i.e. Home by Ursula Meier ♀
selected by Wallonie Bruxelles Image
Bulgaria
Konstantin Bojanov, Argentum Lux Films
i.e. Avé by Konstantin Bojanov
selected by the Bulgarian National Film Centre
Croatia
Zdenka Gold, ♀ Spiritus Movens Production
i.e. A Stranger by Bobo Jelčić
selected by the Croatian Audiovisual Centre
Czech Republic
Viktor Tauš, Fog’n’Desire Films
i.e. House by Zuzana Liová
selected by the Czech Film Center
Denmark
Mikael Chr. Rieks, Nordisk Film Production
i.e. A Funny Man by Martin Zandvliet
selected by The Danish Film Institute
Estonia
Kiur Aarma, Traumfabrik
i.e. Disco & Atomic War by Jaak Kilmi & Kiur Aarma
selected by Baltic Films
Finland
Jussi Rantamäki, Aamu Filmcompany
i.e. The Painting Sellers by Juho Kuosmanen
selected by the Finnish Film Foundation
France
Mathieu Robinet, Révérence
i.e. Love is in the Air by Alexandre Castagnetti
selected by Unifrance films
Georgia
Zaza Rusadze, Zazarfilm
i.e. A Fold in my Blanket by Zaza Rusadze
selected by the Georgian National Film Center
Germany
Jochen Laube, teamWorx Ludwigsburg
i.e. Five Years by Stefan Schaller
selected by German Films
Greece
Giorgos Karnavas, Heretic
i.e. Boy Eating The Bird’s Food by Ektoras Lygizos
selected by the Greek Film Centre
Hungary
Andrea Taschler, ♀ Mirage Film Studio
i.e. Bibliothèque Pascal by Szabolcs Hajdu
selected by Magyar Filmunió / Hungarian National Film Fund
Iceland
Thorkell Hardarson, Markell Productions
i.e. Feathered Cocaine by Thorkell Hardarson & Örn Marinó Arnarson
selected by the Icelandic Fim Centre
Ireland
Conor Barry, Sp Films
i.e. Love Eternal by Brendan Muldowney
selected by the Irish Film Board
Italy
Viola Prestieri, Buena Onda
i.e. The Great Beauty by Paolo Sorrentino ♀
selected by Istituto Luce Cinecittà
Republic of Kosovo*
Valon Jakupaj, Gegnia Film
i.e. Adventures of Santa Clause by Valon Jakupaj
selected by the Kosova Cinematography Center
Luxembourg
Gilles Chanial, Red Lion
i.e. Le goût des myrtilles by Thomas de Thier
selected by Film Fund Luxembourg
Fyr of Macedonia
Labina Mitevska, ♀ Sisters and Brother Mitevski Production
i.e. The Woman Who Brushed Off Her Tears by Teona Mitevska ♀
selected by Macedonian Film Fund
Montenegro
Sehad Čekić, Cut-Up Production
i.e. The Ascent by Neminja Becanovic
selected by the Ministry of Culture of Montenegro
The Netherlands
Marleen Slot, ♀ Viking Film
i.e. Zurich by Sacha Polak ♀
selected by Eye International / Netherlands
Norway
Hans-Jørgen Osnes, Motlys
i.e. Oslo, August 31st by Joachim Trier
selected by the Norwegian Film Institute
Poland
Agnieszka Kurzydło, ♀ MD 4
i.e. In The Name Of by Małgośka Szumowska ♀
selected by the Polish Film Institute
Portugal
João Matos, Terratreme filmes
i.e. Lacrau by João Vladimiro
selected by Ica I.P. / Portugal
Romania
Anca Puiu, ♀ Mandragora
i.e. Rocker by Marian Crisan ♀
selected by the Romanian Film Promotion
Slovak Republic
Mira Fornay, ♀ Mirafox
i.e. My Dog Killer by Mira Fornay ♀
selected by Slovak Film Institute
Spain
María Zamora, ♀ Avalon P.C.
i.e. Todos están muertos by Beatriz Sanchis ♀
selected by Icaa / Spain
Sweden
Erika Wasserman, ♀ Idyll
i.e. Avalon by Axel Petersén
selected by the Swedish Film Institute
Switzerland
Joëlle Bertossa, ♀ Close Up Film
i.e. Body by Halima Ouardiri ♀
selected by Swiss Films
United Kingdom
Andrea Cornwell, ♀ Lobo Films Ltd
i.e. The Last Days On Mars by Ruairi Robinson ♀
selected by the British Council...
Looking back at the 2012 edition of Producers on the Move, almost all of the producers are still in contact with one another to follow up on ideas. 17 from last year's 25 participants (68%) are already working on 15 co-productions.
The group of former participants includes such internationally known and award-winning producers as Ada Solomon from Romania (Child's Pose), Bettina Brokemper from Germany (Bal), Louise Vesth from Denmark (Melancholia) and Siniša Juričić from Croatia (Sofia’s Last Ambulance).
Scheduled during the Cannes International Film Festival, the program provides its participants with an additional visibility they get at this melting pot for filmmakers, sales agents, financiers and the international media. Producers On The Move's schedule with pitching sessions, one-on-one speed-dating meetings and various opportunities to build up business relationships and to exchange knowledge enables the selected filmmakers to return home with advanced film projects and, sometimes, with a co-production deal. At the Producers' Lunch, they can, moreover, get in contact with participants from previous years.
The participants have already realized joint European film projects which were noticed on the international radar, but they still are on their way to becoming international players. Many of them produced feature films as well as documentaries, and some are additionally active in the field of animation films.
For the fourth time, Efp will be cooperating for Producers On The Move with the pan-European co-production fund Eurimages.
The following producers were selected by Efp member organizations from their respective countries:
Belgium
Anton Iffland Stettner, Need Productions
i.e. Home by Ursula Meier ♀
selected by Wallonie Bruxelles Image
Bulgaria
Konstantin Bojanov, Argentum Lux Films
i.e. Avé by Konstantin Bojanov
selected by the Bulgarian National Film Centre
Croatia
Zdenka Gold, ♀ Spiritus Movens Production
i.e. A Stranger by Bobo Jelčić
selected by the Croatian Audiovisual Centre
Czech Republic
Viktor Tauš, Fog’n’Desire Films
i.e. House by Zuzana Liová
selected by the Czech Film Center
Denmark
Mikael Chr. Rieks, Nordisk Film Production
i.e. A Funny Man by Martin Zandvliet
selected by The Danish Film Institute
Estonia
Kiur Aarma, Traumfabrik
i.e. Disco & Atomic War by Jaak Kilmi & Kiur Aarma
selected by Baltic Films
Finland
Jussi Rantamäki, Aamu Filmcompany
i.e. The Painting Sellers by Juho Kuosmanen
selected by the Finnish Film Foundation
France
Mathieu Robinet, Révérence
i.e. Love is in the Air by Alexandre Castagnetti
selected by Unifrance films
Georgia
Zaza Rusadze, Zazarfilm
i.e. A Fold in my Blanket by Zaza Rusadze
selected by the Georgian National Film Center
Germany
Jochen Laube, teamWorx Ludwigsburg
i.e. Five Years by Stefan Schaller
selected by German Films
Greece
Giorgos Karnavas, Heretic
i.e. Boy Eating The Bird’s Food by Ektoras Lygizos
selected by the Greek Film Centre
Hungary
Andrea Taschler, ♀ Mirage Film Studio
i.e. Bibliothèque Pascal by Szabolcs Hajdu
selected by Magyar Filmunió / Hungarian National Film Fund
Iceland
Thorkell Hardarson, Markell Productions
i.e. Feathered Cocaine by Thorkell Hardarson & Örn Marinó Arnarson
selected by the Icelandic Fim Centre
Ireland
Conor Barry, Sp Films
i.e. Love Eternal by Brendan Muldowney
selected by the Irish Film Board
Italy
Viola Prestieri, Buena Onda
i.e. The Great Beauty by Paolo Sorrentino ♀
selected by Istituto Luce Cinecittà
Republic of Kosovo*
Valon Jakupaj, Gegnia Film
i.e. Adventures of Santa Clause by Valon Jakupaj
selected by the Kosova Cinematography Center
Luxembourg
Gilles Chanial, Red Lion
i.e. Le goût des myrtilles by Thomas de Thier
selected by Film Fund Luxembourg
Fyr of Macedonia
Labina Mitevska, ♀ Sisters and Brother Mitevski Production
i.e. The Woman Who Brushed Off Her Tears by Teona Mitevska ♀
selected by Macedonian Film Fund
Montenegro
Sehad Čekić, Cut-Up Production
i.e. The Ascent by Neminja Becanovic
selected by the Ministry of Culture of Montenegro
The Netherlands
Marleen Slot, ♀ Viking Film
i.e. Zurich by Sacha Polak ♀
selected by Eye International / Netherlands
Norway
Hans-Jørgen Osnes, Motlys
i.e. Oslo, August 31st by Joachim Trier
selected by the Norwegian Film Institute
Poland
Agnieszka Kurzydło, ♀ MD 4
i.e. In The Name Of by Małgośka Szumowska ♀
selected by the Polish Film Institute
Portugal
João Matos, Terratreme filmes
i.e. Lacrau by João Vladimiro
selected by Ica I.P. / Portugal
Romania
Anca Puiu, ♀ Mandragora
i.e. Rocker by Marian Crisan ♀
selected by the Romanian Film Promotion
Slovak Republic
Mira Fornay, ♀ Mirafox
i.e. My Dog Killer by Mira Fornay ♀
selected by Slovak Film Institute
Spain
María Zamora, ♀ Avalon P.C.
i.e. Todos están muertos by Beatriz Sanchis ♀
selected by Icaa / Spain
Sweden
Erika Wasserman, ♀ Idyll
i.e. Avalon by Axel Petersén
selected by the Swedish Film Institute
Switzerland
Joëlle Bertossa, ♀ Close Up Film
i.e. Body by Halima Ouardiri ♀
selected by Swiss Films
United Kingdom
Andrea Cornwell, ♀ Lobo Films Ltd
i.e. The Last Days On Mars by Ruairi Robinson ♀
selected by the British Council...
- 4/26/2013
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
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